Tag: Europa League

The away goals rule has been scrapped for all UEFA club competitions from next campaign, it has been confirmed. The away goals rule, initially used back in 1965, was brought in to determine a winner in two-legged knockout ties where the two clubs had scored the same goals on aggregate over the two games. The winner, in such a scenario, was the side who scored more goals in the away leg. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But the rule has come in for huge criticism in recent years with home advantage no longer as strong as before and many believing the rule to be unfair on those clubs playing second in a two-legged tie. Now extra-time and - should it be needed - penalties will decide such matches. On the announcement, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said...

UEFA has confirmed that the remaining Champions League and Europa League last-16 second leg games will be hosted by the teams who were scheduled to play at home. Four Champions League matches is still yet to be played, while in the Europa League, there are six second legs to be played, with two games that will be played as one-off ties after the first legs were suspended due to the coronavirus crisis. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); As expected, all the matches will be played behind closed doors. In a statement, UEFA said: “Consistent with the principle of sporting fairness and considering that current conditions - all clubs due to play at home in the return leg of the Round of 16 and are currently playing the remaining matches of their domestic leagues...